HELIX® Flightkit is a modular flight software product designed to accelerate the development, integration, and deployment of spacecraft flight software. Built on Bright Ascension’s proven HELIX technology, Flightkit provides a reusable software foundation that enables mission teams to develop flight-ready software without having to build foundational capabilities from scratch.

Its modular architecture allows teams to configure and customise software for specific spacecraft, missions, and hardware platforms while retaining the benefits of proven, reusable functionality. This helps reduce development effort, technical risk, and time to launch, while providing the flexibility needed to meet mission-specific requirements.

Flightkit is flight-proven across multiple missions and is designed to integrate with the wider HELIX software suite, including HELIX® Edge, HELIX® Groundkit, and HELIX® Ops.

List specifications

• Modular architecture – Build flight software from reusable, configurable components
• Rapid development – Accelerate the path from software development to flight
• Reusable software – Reduce development effort by leveraging proven functionality
• Hardware independence – Simplify software development across different spacecraft hardware platforms, even within a single constellation
• Mission-specific configuration – Adapt functionality to meet individual mission requirements
• Flight-proven – Proven in operational space missions
• Reduced risk – Build on established software capabilities and flight heritage
• Scalable – Suitable for individual spacecraft through to repeatable multi-spacecraft missions and constellationsHELIX integration – Designed to work alongside Edge, Groundkit, and Ops
• Engineering support available – Access expert support for integration, customisation, and mission delivery